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Healthcare is seeing unprecedented innovation due to the recent, rapid advances in several advanced technologies, putting us on the cusp of curing many maladies, extending quality of life, and even lifespan. Join us as Varun Ramdevan of Johnson & Johnson presents how AI, quantum computing, robotics, advanced sensors, and more are transforming healthcare research and practice, and how technologists can collaborate to help accelerate the benefits of transformational health solutions for all. Stay after for networking to meet Varun and discuss how your company may work with J&J (or other healthcare companies) and/or how you may be able to enter this field and contribute most effectively.

Speaker

  • Varun Ramdevan

    Varun Ramdevan

    Technology Early Innovation and Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson

    Varun Ramdevan works in Global Digital Health and Technology Partnerships at Johnson & Johnson Innovation. He has over 8 years of experience in enabling collaborations for digital health, data science, and enterprise technologies for J&J, the world's largest and most diversified healthcare company. He also supports the global expansion of J&J Innovation with a digital innovation strategy, working with incubator networks, crowdsourcing challenge technologies, and partnering capabilities.

    In addition to Varun’s role at J&J Innovation, he was a Global Technology Leader at J&J Lung Cancer Initiative and New Ventures, now called J&J Interventional Oncology where he provided chief digital responsibilities for lung cancer and disease prevention, leveraging expertise in data sciences and managing complex technical organizations. Varun is also an investor at OneVenture, a climate and food tech fund, an advisor at MedSchoolCoach, a medical education platform, and an Emerging Leaders Board Member at Kendall Square Association, a network of innovation leaders in Boston. Through these roles, Varun pursues his passion for driving innovation and transformation in the healthcare industry, with a focus on improving patient outcomes, enhancing access, and creating value.

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